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Top NATO commander General Philip Breedlove has raised hackles in Germany with his public statements about the Ukraine crisis.

  US President Obama supports Chancellor Merkel’s efforts at finding a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis. But hawks in Washington seem determined to torpedo Berlin’s approach. And NATO’s top commander in Europe hasn’t been helping either. It was quiet in eastern Ukraine last Wednesday. Indeed, it was another quiet day in an extended stretch of relative calm. The battles

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Greek People Turn Out to Refuse Merkel’s ‘Tough Path’

  Police try to disperse protesters during (Reuters/Grigoris Siamidis) Greek protesters came out in full force in the streets of Athens today as German Chancellor Angela Merkel came and went to discuss further “painful” budget cuts the country will now endure to win favor with EU bankers. Modest estimates put the number of anti-austerity, anti-Merkel protesters at 50,000, who marched

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